Barrett Tossed On The DL

Michael Barrett has landed on the disabled list for at least 15 days after injuring his elbow in Monday afternoon's 8-4 victory over the dismal San Francisco Giants. Barrett felt a tingling sensation and muscle spasms in his throwing arm before bouncing a throw back to the mound where Greg Maddux stood just 60 feet away. Michael Barrett finished that inning and an at bat before being replaced by Josh Bard. Young Colt Morton will be called up from San Antonio where he stars in AA ball.

Friar Findings

FF has noticed that Adrian Gonzalez (who had 4 hits in a game for the 8th time in his young career on Monday) has been using a tan mitt during day games and a black version under the lights. (Only catchers and first basemen use "mitts", all other players use gloves).

Tadihito Iguchi is making a solid impression on FF, he has quality bat control and doesn't try to do too much with pitches. His offense out of the two hole has been more than expected, while playing as solid as advertised in the field.

Scott Hairston has come back down to earth a little, but FF really likes how aggressively he swings the bat. Hairston is batting in the 7th spot after getting AB's in the 5th and leadoff spots earlier in the season (well, the week). Hairston's powerful swings have FF drawing comparisons to former Padres left fielder, Greg Vaughn.

Josh Bard entered the game in the 6th inning and promptly notched another multi hit game.